58 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Now that I have stopped laughing ... I am getting a little cross

He gets a bite that punctures his skin ... surrounded by medicos and he doesn't think to have it cleaned/looked at.

He is a professional athlete ... we are entitled to better

Really? He probably just thought it was a trivial thing he could manage himself and didn’t need to waste the doc’s time with it. I probably wouldn’t have either. Maybe he did get it looked at at the earliest opportunity.

Is it not possible for us to just be able to say “s*** happens” and not get outraged or feel the need to blame someone?

It's a bummer, but his influence has waned. His first 3 weeks were very good, but his last couple not as much. Have a week off, freshen up, and come back fit and firing off a longer break.

Christ he finds dumb ways he gets injured.  Why didn't he show it to the medicos if it caused him pain? 

13 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Really? He probably just thought it was a trivial thing he could manage himself and didn’t need to waste the doc’s time with it. I probably wouldn’t have either. Maybe he did get it looked at at the earliest opportunity.

Is it not possible for us to just be able to say “s*** happens” and not get outraged or feel the need to blame someone?

Any aminal bite should be treated by a doctor. So easy to get infections, and I'm sure the club would want to know everything. Considering they have to report any tiny niggle at training. 

Only this club would be this unlucky. 

At least they showed Viney on channel 7 training and they said he’s very close to a return!!!

1 hour ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

I would suggest that the story has leaked, which is out of the clubs control.  When a player goes into hospital for surgery, there’s too many people involved for it to remain quiet.

Someone would have had to have leaked it

media would contact hospitals media manager

media manager asks patient if they consent to some information (ie they were admitted )

if no consent media manager says not much at all, certainly does not confirm

if yes, some info confirmed

depends on pt consent

it would be very serious if a hospital staff member leaked it and punishable by hospital

of course someone else in the know might have leaked it

 

2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

And what sort of surgery is needed for an infected finger? 

 

2 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Surely just a dose of antibiotics would be enough... 

Dog bites can turn out to be a lot more serious than lay folk think.  Often need debridement (cleaning out surgically) especially if they involve a joint.

2 hours ago, ProDee said:

I blame Goodwin.

No....... obviously Jack Watts

1 hour ago, Vagg said:

Frankly, anyone with half a brain, if they were bitten by a dog, would immediately wash the wound and apply basic antiseptic, at the very least!  To miss a game due to this kinda dumbness beggars belief!!

Barrie.  Maybe he did.  Can be very deceptive.  Hope he has had a tetanus shot updates.

 

PS FMD!!!

 

PPS:  Seriously, does anyone NOT believe in the Norm Smith curse?  (Thanks to the late Dr Don Duffy and those on the committee he either lead or failed to lead ).

Edited April 26, 20187 yr by monoccular
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1 hour ago, Gorgoroth said:

With missions record he is out for the season...

True. If he is out for the season don't expect to he told until round 23

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Well what do you expect Its Melbourne side show at a Carnival! We are still light years behind in almost every facet of footballing management and professionalism . Over this soul destroying club! Norm Smith Curse lives on!! if we lose Sunday, This website not to mention the Club will be at breaking point! IMV

Mate, hes got a sore finger and will miss 1 game.

You're acting like he tore his ACL again.

can't blame jack watts this time......pity but

could this be more fallout from the cancelled camp?

Well, at least something at the club has a bit of bite about them. Shame it's the players dogs....

Just now, daisycutter said:

can't blame jack watts this time......pity but

could this be more fallout from the cancelled camp?

Nah.  This is entirely Jack's doing.  Had JW still been here he would have stopped the dog from biting CP#5.  How can any sane person doubt this?

Why couldn’t the dogs bite one of our many spuds in the arse instead. FMD.

Edited April 26, 20187 yr by chook fowler

24 minutes ago, monoccular said:

PPS:  Seriously, does anyone NOT believe in the Norm Smith curse?  (Thanks to the late Dr Don Duffy and those on the committee he either lead or failed to lead ).

Is this a serious question ?

I assume not, but in case it is, the curse is the greatest bit of BS I've ever heard.

But if you're a mentally fragile lightweight believe away.

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Well what do you expect Its Melbourne side show at a Carnival! We are still light years behind in almost every facet of footballing management and professionalism . Over this soul destroying club! Norm Smith Curse lives on!! if we lose Sunday, This website not to mention the Club will be at breaking point! IMV

 

He will pick up some superbug in the hospital and never play for us again. If he gets back he will be a shell of his former self

His own dog [censored] me drunk. Get him a cat for ffs.

Is there a more cursed club in World Sport!! 

1 hour ago, Nasher said:

Really? He probably just thought it was a trivial thing he could manage himself and didn’t need to waste the doc’s time with it. I probably wouldn’t have either. Maybe he did get it looked at at the earliest opportunity.

Is it not possible for us to just be able to say “s*** happens” and not get outraged or feel the need to blame someone?

Nasher...

he is a highly paid professional athlete who relies heavily on his hands.

They report their diet and just about everything else during the season

No excuse for not having it treated early.

If he did have it treated I would have hoped the club would have expanded in that regard.

Standard GP treatment for a dog bite asap after a bite

-dress the wound

-antibiotic injection 

-often a splint

-no exercise for one week

Unless properly treated the infection can infect the finger bone. Worse case scenario tge finger requires amputation. So potentially serious.  There is no way he should have played against Richmond. 

The player should have seen a GP or club doctor. If the club doc was consulted and did nothing, it would be a very basic omission that would be hard to explain. 

Seriously, it's a week.  He'll be fine.  There are far worse things that could happen.

The fact we can potentially welcome back T Mac, and then Viney in a fortnight, is the bigger news to come out of today.

28 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Nasher...

he is a highly paid professional athlete who relies heavily on his hands.

They report their diet and just about everything else during the season

No excuse for not having it treated early.

If he did have it treated I would have hoped the club would have expanded in that regard.

I don’t believe he would not have reported it. They showed it on the news tonight and it was very noticeable. The doctor or trainer or whoever would have noticed it, even if Trac said nothing. 

Maybe it was treated and was fine, but then he played and it got sweaty and dirty and therefore infected.

It’s pure bad luck. Stock standard MFC stuff really. 

3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

I don’t believe he would not have reported it. They showed it on the news tonight and it was very noticeable. The doctor or trainer or whoever would have noticed it, even if Trac said nothing. 

Maybe it was treated and was fine, but then he played and it got sweaty and dirty and therefore infected.

It’s pure bad luck. Stock standard MFC stuff really. 

If it was treated... fine ... say so... otherwise the football public and the media is  just left looking at another unprofessional example of a struggling football club.

"Perception always shapes reality"

Edited April 26, 20187 yr by Diamond_Jim

5 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

If it was treated... fine ... say so... otherwise the football public and the media is  just left looking at another unprofessional example of a struggling football club.

"Perception always shapes reality"

Good grief.